PUBLISHED: 18 Oct 2024 at 04: 00
According to an MP, the House of Representatives anticipates holding a joint session with the Senate by mid-December to start deliberating a bill that would largely amend the 2017 Constitution in response to an agreement formerly reached by the government and opposition whip.
Both whips had agreed that the debate may be postponed until the next session would begin, according to Nattawut Buaprathum, a People’s Party list-MP, in his power as the opposition punch key.
He informed House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha at today’s meeting of the Lower House, citing the results of recent discussions between him and Visuth Chainaroon, the general government whip, that the joint session of parliament should be held for this purpose, saying that between December 16 and December 18th, it would be best.
Mr. Wan responded by saying he would have to talk about the requested time frame with Senate Speaker Mongkol Surasajja and would call a conference of the opposition, Senate whip, and the government to set the time frame for the mutual sitting once more.
The Upper House will elect 14 lawmakers to serve on the joint legislator committee on Monday in another development to resolve the differences in the two Houses ‘ views on the charter election expenses, according to Senate Chief Whip Senator Pisit Apiwattanapong.
The act was afterwards amended by the Senate to maintain the twin lot rule for a new vote on the administration’s proposed charter update plan after it had already been approved by the House of Representatives.
The bill will then have to been shelved for 180 days before the Lower House will have the final say on it and had it promulgated, according to Sen Pisit.
The winning goal may be supported by at least half of the citizens who turn up at polling booths, according to the dual majority rule, which mandates that at least half of all eligible citizens have to cast their ballots.